Add A One Call Now Banner to a Google Site
Adding a One Call Now Banner to the page Get the code from One Call Now here. Copy the code into a text editor and make any changes you would like. I cleaned up a little of the code to get rid of their advertising links. I removed the section of code shown below. Go to Insert > More gadgets and search for Safe HTML Bypass. Copy the code from your text editor and paste the code into the widget. Change the size of the widget to 475...
6-10-2010 Meeting
Here are the links that we discussed during our meeting. I’ll add more information later: Slidshow2 [Design Disease] – themes for wordpress [Host Gator] – about $4 per month? [Smashing Magazine] – good art and layout ideas [Web Design Ledger] – good art and web examples [Color Combos] [CSS Zen Garden] – a cool demo. Just change the css and the whole page is dramatically different [Adobe Kuler Color...
Interesting Author-Blogger
I’m not sure if this really qualifies as Web Programming, but it was something I found interesting. I enjoy reading in my spare time, and particularly on holidays. I ran across this book on Amazon.com: Here’s the summary of this book from the website at: http://www.livingdigitally.net/containment.html. As Earth’s ability to support human life begins to diminish at an alarming rate, the Global Space Agency is formed...
5-6-2010 Meeting
This week we met to discuss Mobile Web Programming. We began by looking at a couple of good sites: bmw.mobi – This is a dedicated mobile site. If you were on your mobile phone and wanted to check out this site, you’d have to know to go directly to this site. amazon.com – Amazon automatically determines that you’re on a mobile phone and redirects you to this subpage in their system. We found a nice tutorial...
Creating A Mobile Website
There has been some interest in creating and converting websites to mobile sites. Technology The first question to answer is what are the technologies used in current phones. WAP – Wireless Access Protocol This is the initial and most simplistic type of web browser. The phone I had over 5 years ago probably had this browser. Cingular Web and all that. There are probably some phones that still use the old WAP browsers, but not...
Moving from Yahoo to Google
I am in the process of switching all of my services from Yahoo to Google. I thought I’d share the experience and the things I’ve learned in case someone else is considering it. Current Services I currently use the following services from Yahoo: Email- this would really be the main use. There are a lot of features I use in email: I have my local ISP host email forwarded into my main Yahoo email My main Yahoo email is the...
Blog Plugins I Recommend
The great thing about WordPress is the fact that it is open-source, which allows for greater personalization and development. There are things that I wanted to do with my page that other people may not be interested in, and vice versa. For example, I wanted to be able to do the following: Easily link to my other posts Easily insert Links that I have created into posts Display formatted code examples Have a sitemap Show latest posts in...
Blog Backup Tutorial
It is a good idea to backup your blog often, particularly during development and when adding themes and plugins.The following tutorial contains instructions on how to backup your WordPress blog folder and your database on the Godaddy hosting servers. See the following tutorials for information on those topics: [cref blog-basics-tutorial] [cref blog-themes-tutorial] [cref blog-plugins-tutorial] Blog Folder Backup Log in to your GoDaddy...
Financial Database Table Creation Tutorial
This is the SQL command set that can be uploaded to the database and automatically create and fill the tables. Download the file from from HERE. To view the SQL and copy/paste it, you can see that below. [code lang="SQL"] CREATE TABLE masterlogin ( ml_id INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, username varchar(120) NOT NULL, password VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL ) TYPE = MYISAM; INSERT INTO masterlogin (ml_id, username, password) VALUES...
Personal Finance Web
I’ve got another project in mind to solve a personal problem. The Problem I bank online and use online billpay through my bank for most of my bills. I occasionally write checks. I currently use a spreadsheet to manage my budget because I set up my budget biweekly (when I receive a paycheck) rather than monthly. I want a way to keep an eye on my budget biweekly, but am currently doing that through a spreadsheet. I have used...
Desktop Icons
A friend asked me to dig up and post some info on creating interesting and personalized icons for a desktop. Free Icons First, I would recommend that you look at some cool, free icons that are already made: www.brushesdownload.com/icons.asp – Note, after you select a group of icons you like, it will take you to the next page. You will need to click on the “Download Free” link at the BOTTOM of the page. Icon Tutorials...
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